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Invasion of The Purple People: SEIU moves in for the kill in North Carolina

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Since 2008, The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has established a reputation as Barack Obama’s shock troops — his brownshirts, his muscle.  They’ve often taken to the streets to, ahem,

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Supporters of strong voter ID laws seek grassroots help in “fixing” measure that passed NC House

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          There’s a new video out floating around that raises some serious questions about the strength of the voter ID bill that recently passed the GOP-controlled

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campaign 2014, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Forest upstaging McCrory on Common Core

Posted on June 5, 2013June 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Usually, the media and the public look to the governor on state government policy questions.  Lt. Governor Dan Forest is turning that equation on its head

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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INCOMING !!!! : ‘Lt. Dan’ opens fire on Common Core

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Now THIS is what I’m talking about.  The Dan Forest we grew to love on the campaign trail appears to be BACK.  ln a recently released YouTube video, North Carolina’s

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NC sits on sidelines while OTHER FOLKS in OTHER STATES take ObamaCare to court

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The Competitive Enterprise Institute — an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market — is suing on behalf of some small businesses and

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NCICL: Banning incompetents from voting is unconstitutional

Posted on June 2, 2013June 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    That’s right.  An analyst with The North Carolina Institute for Constitional Law — an outfit founded by former state Supreme Court Justice and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr

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Craven-Tillis tiff dominates 3rd CD GOP meeting

Posted on June 2, 2013June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    You knew things were going to get interesting in New Bern this weekend when all non-members of the 3rd congressional district GOP executive committee were kicked out of

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Slash & Burn: NCGA sources say speaker’s team seeking censure of Brawley, encouraging negative rumors

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    Some of you outside the Charlotte area may have missed THIS INTERVIEW with state Rep. Bob Brawley on WBT radio.  [Fast forward to the last three minutes, and

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Getting filthy rich off of Uncle Sam

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        I realize the economy stinks.  But The Wall Street Journal lets us know that NOT EVERYONE is suffering: On a bright spring morning, Debbie Driesman and

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Economy, Media, Politics

The congressional farm bill: growing the welfare state, passing around Pork, spreading more fertilizer

Posted on June 1, 2013June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          North Carolina’s senators, Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R), are teaming up to fend off purported cuts to federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.  

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, NCGOP, Obama, Politics
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